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Podcast: Marcus Aurelius' Meditations for Modern Life
Episode: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Book 4 - Passage 20
Description: In this episode we look at Marcus reflects on praise and critisicm and raises the concept of beauty and how in nature it is unaffected by praise and thus why should our own actions and perceptions of ourselves be affected by the praise or critisicm of others.
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a remarkable series of spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the emperor struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. While the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation and encouragement, Marcus Aurelius also created one of the greatest of all works of...